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This template uses Module:Array, a script written in Lua.

Divides a string into a formatted list of substrings.

Syntax

Required Parameters:

• 1: arrayString - the input string, each item expected to be separated by the separator parameter.
• 2: separator - the character or substring to split on.
  • {newline} is replaced with a newline.
  • {space} is replaced with a space.

Format Parameters:
If format is not specified, then the default format is {item}.

• 3: format - the resulting format of each substring.
  • {item} is replaced with the item.
  • {itemLink} is replaced with the item as a link.
  • {itemLinkSafe} is replaced with the item as a link if the page exists otherwise is replaced with the item as text.
  • {index} is replaced with the index.
  • {newline} is replaced with a newline.
  • {space} is replaced with a space. Useful if you need a leading/trailing space. You could also use  
• format<index>: custom format to override the format param for a particular substring by its index
  • Index is 1-based. For example format2 would be the format for the second item of the array.
  • supports the same tokens (like {itemLink}) that format param does.
• noTrim (optional): set to 1 to not remove whitespace from items in the array.
• template (optional): set to 1 to allow escaped template syntax for complex returns
  • escape {{ as: ²{ or ^2{.
  • escape }} as: }² or }^2.
  • escape | as: ¦ or ¹.

Join Parameters:
These three parameters are mutually exclusive (meaning you can only have one of these three):

• 4: join (optional) - separator between each element to join. Default no separator.
  • {newline} is replaced with a newline.
  • {space} is replaced with a space. Useful if you need a leading/trailing space. You could also use  
• sentence (optional): set to 1 to format as a sentence (commas with an "and" for the last element).
  • sentence_join (optional): sentence join character, defaults to ,
  • sentence_last (optional): sentence join last word, defaults to and
• prefix (optional): Text added to start of result.
• suffix (optional): Text added to end of result.

Filter/Sort Parameters:
These parameters are checked/applied in the order as shown below:

• removeEmpty (optional): set to 1 to remove empty elements.
• dedupe (optional): set to 1 to remove duplicate items in the array.
• sort (optional): set to 1 to sort the items in the array in ascending order, -1 for descending.
• firstItemOnly (optional): set to 1 to only display the first element of the array.
  • You could also do offsetStart=1|offsetEnd=1 but this is a shortcut.
• offsetStart (optional): only keep elements of the array at and after this index (inclusive).
• offsetEnd (optional): only keep elements of the array at and before this index (inclusive).

Knowing this order, you can use these parameters to achieve various effects. Such as: removeEmpty=1|offsetStart=1|offsetEnd=1 to get the first non-empty element of the input array string.

Examples

Simple example

{{Array|1,2,3,4,5|,|*''{item}''|{newline} }}

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Dedupe example

{{Array|1,2,2,2,3,4,5|,|*''{item}''|{newline}|dedupe=1}}

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Remove empty example

{{Array|1,2,,, ,3,4,5|,|*''{item}''|{newline}|removeEmpty=1}}

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Sort example

{{Array|Oranges;Apples;Bananas;Mangos;Blueberries|;|*{item}|{newline}|sort=1}}

• Apples
• Bananas
• Blueberries
• Mangos
• Oranges

Template in format example 1

{{Array|Venti;Jean;Diluc|;|{{Character|{item}|50}}}}

Nanafey
Kiana
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Template in format example 2

{{Array|Venti;Jean;Diluc|;|²{Character¦{item}¦50}²|template=1}}

Nanafey
Kiana
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Multi-character separator example

{{Array|a&&b&&c&&d&&e|&&|{index}: {item}|,{space} }}

1: a, 2: b, 3: c, 4: d, 5: e

Sentence example

{{Array|Oranges;Apples;Bananas;Mangos;Blueberries|;|{item}|sentence=1}}

Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Mangos, and Blueberries

First item only example

{{Array|Oranges;Apples;Bananas;Mangos;Blueberries|;|{item}|firstItemOnly=1}}

Oranges

Offset start and end examples

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=2}}

B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=2|offsetEnd=5}}

B, C, D, E

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=2|offsetEnd=2}}

B

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=2|offsetEnd=-2}}

B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=-2}}

J, K

{{Array|A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K|,|{item}|join=,{space}|offsetStart=-1}}

K

Item Specific Format

{{Array|Item A,Item B,Item C|,|*''{item}''|{newline} |format2=*Item 2 specific format: '''{item}'''}}

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Template Data

Divides a string into a formatted list of substrings.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Array String	1	The input string, each item expected to be separated by the "separator" parameter. Example Item 1;Item 2;Item 3	String	required
Separator	2 sep separator	The character or substring to split on. Example ;	String	required
Format	3 format	The resulting format of each substring. See the template documentation page for more info.	String	required
Join	4 join	The separator between each element to join. Default (no separator)	String	optional
Join as sentence	sentence	Set to 1 to format as a sentence (commas with an "and" for the last element). Default 0	Boolean	optional
First item only	firstItemOnly	Set to 1 to only display the first element of the array. Default 0	Boolean	optional
Sort	sort	Set to 1 to sort the items in the array in ascending order, -1 for descending.	Number	optional
Dedupe?	dedupe	Set to 1 to remove duplicate items in the array.	Boolean	optional
Remove Empty Items	removeEmpty	Set to 1 to remove empty elements.	Boolean	optional
Offset Start	offsetStart	Only keep elements of the array at and after this index.	Number	optional
Offset End	offsetEnd	Only keep elements of the array at and before this index.	Number	optional